Sep 13, 2023
What Electricity Sources Power the World?
In 2022, 29,165.2 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity was generated around the world, an increase of 2.3% from the previous year. In this visualization, we look at data from the latest Statistical Review of World Energy, and ask what powered the world in 2022.
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Dataset
| % of global electricity | |
|---|---|
| Coal | 35.4 |
| Natural Gas | 22.7 |
| Hydroelectric | 14.9 |
| Nuclear | 9.2 |
| Wind | 7.2 |
| Solar | 4.5 |
| Oil | 2.5 |
| Other (renewable) | 2.7 |
| Other (non-renewable) | 0.9 |
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